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12:05AM BST 05 Jun 2004

Bush is given Papal lecture on Iraq The Pope has sharply rebuked President George W Bush over his policy in Iraq as tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Rome to demonstrate against the presidential visit. By Kate Connolly in Rome and Julius Strauss in Baghdad.

D-Day warriors return to Sword beach When Stanley Burrows first set foot in France in the early hours of D-Day in 1944, he was carrying 56lb of kit, a Bren gun called Betsy and a bicycle. This time round he carried only a walking stick.Paul Eccleston reports from Arromanches.

Blair move on fuel tax halts protests Fuel campaigners have abandoned their planned protests over rising petrol prices following hints by the Government that it might scrap its proposed increase in petrol and diesel duty. By Andrew Sparrow, Political Correspondent.

Man threatened over bet computers A man claiming to be a bookmaker threatened to "rearrange the face" of a leading racecourse executive and said he would smash up newly-installed computers operated by racegoers to access betting exchanges. By Richard Evans.

Obituaries

Colonel Harry ChurchillArtillery officer who went ashore with the first wave at Salerno having fought at the battle of El Alamein.